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Learning Intentions

• You can observe someone test chemicals in a flame to identify what color of light the electrons within the atoms will emit when excited

• You can answer analysis questions and write a conclusion based on the results you get from your flame tests.

• You can describe an emission spectrum and use one to identify an element.

• You can match unknown emission spectrums with known emission spectrum to identify elements in an unknown sample.

Content Standards being covered:

Student understand the quantum mechanical atomic model that describes the structure of an atom and changes that can occur to that structure.
68. Elements, when excited with enough energy, will emit their own atomic emission spectrum, a unique set of frequencies on the electromagnetic spectrum due to the transition of electrons from a higher to a lower energy state
69. The electromagnetic spectrum is the broad range of frequencies emitted through electromagnetic radiation
70. Electromagnetic radiation moves through space in waves
 

Habits of Mind/Life skills being covered:

Responding with Wonderment and Awe

Thinking Flexibly

 

Journal Entry:

 What are some ways what you learned from the flame exploration can be used in the real world?